“We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. It is a powerful obstacle to growth. It assures the progressive narrowing of the personality and prevents exploration and experimentation. There is no learning without some difficulty and fumbling. If you want to keep on learning, you must keep on risking failure - all your life”

~ John Gardner

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The WILL to defeat your fear of failure
If you want a thing bad enough

To go out and fight for it,

Work day and night for it,

Give up your time and your peace and

your sleep for it

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If only desire of it

Makes you quite mad enough

Never to tire of it,

Makes you hold all other things tawdry

and cheap for it

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If life seems all empty and useless without it

And all that you scheme and you dream is about it,

If gladly you'll sweat for it,

Fret for it, Plan for it,

Lose all your terror of God or man for it,

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If you'll simply go after that thing that you want,

With all your capacity,

Strength and sagacity,

Faith, hope and confidence, stern pertinacity,

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If neither cold poverty, famished and gaunt,

Nor sickness nor pain

Of body or brain

Can turn you away from the thing that you want,

If dogged and grim you besiege and beset it, You'll get it!
~Berton Braley

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A successful idea cannot be the best EYERY TIME. It changes time to time.
~Imm
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A Woodcutter

Once upon a time a very strong woodcutter asks for a job in a timber merchant, and he got it. The paid was really good and so were the work conditions. For that reason, the woodcutter was determined to do his best. His boss gave him an axe and showed him the area where he was supposed to work. The first day, the woodcutter brought 18 trees

"Congratulations," the boss said. "Go on that way!"

Very motivated for the boss’ words, the woodcutter try harder the next day, but he only could bring 15 trees. The third day he try even harder, but he only could bring 10 trees.

Day after day he was bringing less and less trees.
I must be losing my strength", the woodcutter thought.
He went to the boss and apologized, saying that he could not understand what was going on. "When was the last time you sharpened your axe?" the boss asked.

"Sharpen? I had no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy trying to cut trees..."

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Happy Valentine's Day

'Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."

~Author unknown~

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A wonderful Message by George Carlin

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways , but narrower view-points. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness. We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom, We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.

We've learnt how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things. We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throw away morality, one night stands, over-weight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete...

Remember:

• Spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.
• Say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.
• To give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost acent.
• To say, 'I love you' to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.
• To hold hands and cherish the moment for some day that person will not be there again.
• Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.

A forward by S. krishnamoorthy

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manzil की चाह है to, कई मोड़ कई मंज़र से गुज़रना होगा,

थक-कर गिरना, गिरकर-सम्भलना , मगर चलना होगा।

~दिल से~

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कविता

लहरों से डरकर नौका पार नहीं होती,

कोशिश करने वालों की हार नहीं होती।

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नन्ही चींटी जब दाना लेकर चलती है,

चढ़ती दीवारों पर, सौ बार फिसलती है।

मन का विश्वास रगों में साहस भरता है,

चढ़कर गिरना, गिरकर चढ़ना न अखरता है

आखिर उसकी मेहनत बेकार नहीं होती,

कोशिश करने वालों की हार नहीं होती,

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डुबकियां सिन्धु में गोताखोर लगाता है,

जा जा कर खाली हाँथ लौटकर आता है।

मिलते नहीं सहज ही moti गहरे पानी में,

बढ़ता दुगना उत्साह इसी हैरानी में।

मुट्ठी उसकी खाली हर बार नहीं होती,

कोशिश करने वालों की हार नहीं होती।

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असफलता एक चुनौती है, इसे स्वीकार करो,

क्या कमी रह गई, देखो और सुधार करो।

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जब तक न सफल हो, नींद चैन को त्यागो तुम,

संगहर्ष का मैदान छोड़कर मत भागो तुम।

कुछ किए बिना ही जय जय कार नहीं होती,

कोशिश करने वालों की हार नहीं होती।

~हरीवंश राय बच्चन ~

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